eyelaser wrote:
I love these Tim. The dof is so spot on with a perfect foreground and delicious background. I am always impressed how you pay such perfect attention to how the background will look and orient yourself to the exact position.
Well done my friend.
Eric
Thank you very much for the thoughtful and analytical comment Eric
If you went the Joe Demb route, try tilting the bounce part up higher. You may still need to fiddle with flash power - I've found myself going to 1/16 or even 1/32 power even with the Demb unit on top of my 550. You're doing full manual on exposure - now you need to do it with flash.
Flash is a toughie, and obviously you don't get a second chance on these guys. You have to have the skillset in the bag before you get there, if you follow my drift, which means filling up a whole set of Saturday afternoons when you could be out taking REAL photographs with taking flash shots of a playing card (or something equally boring).
IMO, the new generation of high-ISO cameras has significantly reduced resident flash skillset among photographers. To me it's always regrettable when a skillset starts to disappear.
Karl Witt wrote:
I'll need to look these over on the good monitor to appreciate the butter-splendor
Went out to our b-fly facility and low and behold they had an orchid display going on so guess what I didn't get too many butterz
I'll be back later...........
Karl
#1 seems a bit off in WB, like greenish maybe?? Focus and sharpness is dead on though baby!!
#2 Challenging like a floral to separate from the BG butt the subject is strong and I like the looks of this butter
#3 Interesting how flash finds colors that illuminate more rapidly than others and the blacks of these butters are absorbent of light like a sponge. It is dark and rich and dynamic, just bit more light on the eye
#4 Yes sir I like this one!
#5 The wings have scales more light on this one would help IMO, nailed the focus again
#6 I like it!
#7 nice representation of muted powdery silky colors Tim. Subtle hues are excellent, lots of little things to appreciate on this one for me
#8 You will have a chance to get even with me later
Technically challenging shooting and a good job of it
Karl...Show more →
Lucky for me there weren't any tempting flowers to distract me
1 could be
2 I agree, that's why this in on the B post. I just couldn't get one of these guys lined up nicely
3 I agree again. The problem is the highlights are very close to being blown as it is, difficult shot
4 Okay
5 once again, really close to blowing highlights, maybe I should have
6
7 so glad you get it buddy
8 I did
Thanks for the thoughtful comment Karl. I don't think I disagree with any of it
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I didn't get too many butterz 
Thank you very much!!